August 1
Just got transferred with work from London, UK to our new home in Phalaborwa,
Limpopo, SA.
Now this is a town that knows how to live!
Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings.
I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday.
It was beautiful.
I'v e finally found my new home.
I love it here.
September 1
Really heating up now.
It got to 31 today.
No problem though.
Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car.
What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this.
I'm turning into a sun-worshipper - no blasted rain like back in London !!
September 15
Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today.
Lots of palms and rocks.
No more mowing lawns for me!
Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
It's Paradise !
October 1
The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week.
How do people get used to this kind of heat?
At least today it's windy though.
Keeps the flies off a bit.
Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected.
October 15
Fell asleep by the pool yesterday.
Got third degree burns over 6 0% of my body.
Missed three days off work.
What a dumb thing to do..
Got to respect the old sun in a climate like this!
October 20
- Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left forwork
this morning.
By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and swollenup
to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the upholstery.
The car now smells like Whiskas and cat shit.
I've learned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat.
October 25
- This wind is a bastard.
It feels like a giant fu#king blow dryer.
And it's hot as hell!
The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged R200
just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from fu#king JHB
.......The wife & the kids are complaining.
October 30
- The temperature's up around 40 and the parts still haven't arrived forthe
fu#king air conditioner.
House is an oven so we've all been sleeping outside by the pool for 3nights
now.
Bloody R4.000.000 house and we can't even go inside.
Why the hell did I ever come here?
November 4
Finally got the fu#king air-conditioner fixed. It cost R1,500 and gets the
temperature down to around 35 degrees.
Stupid repairman.
Fu#king thief.
November 8
- If one more smart bastard says 'Hot enough for you today?'
I'm going to fu#king throttle him.
Fu#king heat!
By the time I get to work, the car radiator is boiling over, my fu#king
clothes are soaking fu#king wet and I smell like baked cat.
Fu#king place is the end of the Earth.
November 9
- Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black
leather upholstery in my car.
I thought my fu#kin g arse was on fire.
I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my
fu#king arse.
Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse and baked cat.
Fu#k. Fu#k. Fu#k.
November 10
-- The Weather report might as well be a fu#king recording..
Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny, Hot and fu#king sunny.
It never fu#king changes!
It's been too hot to do anything for 2 fu#king months and the weatherman
says it might really warm up next week.
Fu#k!
November 15
- Doesn't it ever rain in this damn fu#king place?
Water restrictions will be next, so my R5,000 worth of palms might just dry
up and blow into the fu#king pool.
The only things that thrive in this fu#king hell-hole are the fu#kingflies.
You don't dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the
little bastards!
November 20
- Welcome to HELL!
It got to 45 fu#kin' degrees today.
Now the air conditioner gone in my car.
The repair man came to fix it and said, 'Hot enough for you today?'
I wanted to shove the fu#king car up his fu#king arse.
Anyway, had to spend the R2,500 of the mortgage payment to bail me out
of jail for
assaulting the stupid prick.
Fu#king PHALABORWA!
What kind of sick, demented fu#king idiot would want to live here!
December 1
- WHAT!!!! The FIRST day of Summer!!!!
You are fu#king kidding me …
